Hurricane Richard 2010 Atlantic hurricane season

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an area of disturbed weather within persistent, broad trough across southwestern caribbean organized nineteenth tropical depression of season 06:00 utc on october 20 195 mi (315 km) north of cabo gracias dios. depression slow organize @ first, affected dry air , moderate shear trough on southeast united states , western atlantic, strengthened tropical storm richard 12:00 utc on october 21 curved south , west. upper-level winds slackened on subsequent days, allowing cyclone attain hurricane intensity on october 24 , reach peak winds of 100 mph (160 km/h) 00:00 utc next day. richard moved ashore near gales point, belize, thirty minutes later. system weakened rapidly once inland, degenerating remnant low 00:00 utc on october 26. despite emerging on bay of campeche, high wind shear prevented redevelopment , instead caused feature dissipate eighteen hours later.


although richard tracked north of honduras, strong winds along coastline downed trees , power lines. mudslides stranded 15,000 people across 40 different towns. island of roatán received gust of 58 mph (93 km/h). farther north , west in belize, belize zoo , tropical education center—popular attractions tourists—were heavily damaged. 80% of grapefruit , 25% of orange crop lost there. 2 deaths observed: 1 man killed when boat capsized in rough seas, while second man mauled death jaguar escaped after tree mangled cage. damage cost topped $80 million.









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